Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels

• Poggervania@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Actually, no! The Simpsons used the word and was the reason it was actually put into the dictionary, but originally the word was used in a book from some dude in 1884 by the name of C.A. Ward.

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  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ok, but if the Simpsons didn’t get the word from that book and came up with the concept independently, and then popularized it, it’s still valid to say that it came from the Simpsons.

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    • Its_Always_420@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Either way it’s a perfectly cromulent word.

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      • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Of course

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